Matthias Müller, the chief executive of Volkswagen, suggested that the German government should look at the subsidies that encourage Europeans to buy diesel cars, and begin phasing them out.
Until last year, more than half of all cars sold in Europe were diesels, which were marketed as being not only economical but also environmentally friendly until the widespread cheating on emissions tests drew attention to the health hazards of diesel exhaust.
If diesel were taxed at the same rate as gasoline, Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, a professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen said, the German government would collect 8 billion euros, or $9.4 billion, more in revenue.”
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